Bloomberg - The First Word

Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- John Silvia, chief economist at Wells Fargo Securities, says U.S. non-farm payrolls for January will be 200 thousand. Silvia talks with Bloomberg's Michael McKee on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Drew Matus, senior U.S. economist at UBS Securities LLC in Stamford, Connecticut says U.S. economic growth in the fourth quarter "is not going to be good." Matus talks with Bloomberg's Michael McKee on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Richard McGuire, a strategist at Rabobank International in London, says he is "biased toward further spread narrowing" in the bond markets of peripheral Europe. McGuire talks with Bloomberg's Michael McKee on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Peter Rosenstreich, chief foreign-exchange strategist at Swissquote Bank SA in Geneva, says emerging markets are "suffering" from the efforts of larger countries to debase their currencies. Rosenstreich talks with Bloomberg's Michael McKee on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Julian Chillingworth, who helps manage 17 billion pounds ($27 billion) at Rathbone Brothers in London, says growth indicators in Europe are "tentative." Chillingworth talks with Bloomberg's Karen Moskow on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Georg Grodzki, head of credit research at Legal & General Investment Management, says a European Central Bank report shows that "funding conditions for banks have eased" in Europe. Grodzki talks with Bloomberg's Michael McKee on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Ricardo Santos, a euro area economist at BNP Paribas SA in London, says the economic slowdown "is bottoming out in the core of Europe." Santos talks with Bloomberg's Karen Moskow on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Jan. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Steven Barrow, head of Group of 10 research at Standard Bank Plc, says dollar-yen of 100 "is the minimum" Japan needs to 'rid the country of deflation." Barrow talks with Bloomberg's Karen Moskow on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Jan. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Lyn Graham-Taylor, a fixed-income strategist at Rabobank International in London, says there is convergence in the bond market because of "a glut of central bank liquidity." Graham-Taylor talks with Bloomberg's Karen Moskow on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Jan. 24 (Bloomberg) -- David Schnautz, fixed income strategist at Commerzbank AG, says "the hunt for yield" is continuing to tighten bond spreads in Europe. Schnautz talks with Bloomberg's Karen Moskow on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Jan.23 (Bloomberg) -- David Kotok, chief investment officer at Cumberland Advisors Inc., says "it could be 4 to 5 years before we normalize interest rates." Kotok talks with Bloomberg's Karen Moskow on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Jan.23 (Bloomberg) -- Valentin Marinov, the head of European Group of 10 foreign-exchange strategy at Citigroup Inc. in London, says "currency wars seem to be in full swing." Marinov talks with Bloomberg's Karen Moskow on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Avi Hooper, a money manager in London at Invesco Asset Management, a unit of Invesco Ltd., which oversees $683.8 billion, says "we don't think it's the end of fixed income by any stretch." Hooper talks with Bloomberg's Michael McKee on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Thomas Costerg, an economist at Standard Chartered in London, says "investors are coming back to the periphery" in Europe. Costerg talks with Bloomberg's Michael McKee on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Adam Myers, the European head of foreign-exchange strategy at Credit Agricole SA in London, says with Japan trying to weaken the Yen and the Federal Reserve's asset purchases, the euro "could get substantially weaker and suffocated already weak growth" in the euro zone. Myers talks with Bloomberg's Michael McKee on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)